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Show NEW MEXICO. The New York Sun of the 12th instant, has another Santa F latter devoted lo its Mormon-Xew Mexican romance. It ia evident thai this wild story has been gotten up simply to prevent the admission of Xew Meiico as a state into the Union, and in this respect it has heen useful, as that territory is the least deserving ot statehood in respect to the qualifications qualifica-tions of its citizens of any of the organized territories under the control con-trol of congress. She had in 1S75 only 14,3S7 voters, of whom but 1,-ltX) were Americans. The total valuation of the property ol the territory terri-tory of 1S74 was a little over $7,500,-000. $7,500,-000. In. oa ol the counties three firms pay all the taxes, and in another fotir firms pay three-quarters of the taxes. The territory has a dchtof$9S,S2, of which $9,650 consists con-sists of interest upaid. It had in 1S74 only four schoolhouses and only forty schools in which English was taught at all. |